It is also apparent from the decision in Routledge v McKay [1954] 1 WLR 615 that the court was influenced by the fact that the contract had been reduced into writing and yet the previous oral statement was not included. The inference drawn by the court was that the statement could not have been regarded as significant by the parties. If it had been, they would have ensured its inclusion in the written agreement. Consequently, the court concluded that the statement regarding the year of the model was never intended to be a term of the contract but a representation.